Na Teuy

Na Teuy, Feb 11, 2011.

84 kms.

Todays cycling was a bit hard, but nice anyway. There was a lot of roadworks going on where they had scaled off the top tarmac. That went on for the entire first 20 kms out of Udomxai, and then for another few kms in shorter sections. When trucks passed it became very dusty and was a bit rough riding on. There is a good uphill for a couple of hours and then a wonderfully long downhill on good road where I could really fly on serpentine roads.
I met a Norwegian guy going the other way who told me he had stayed overnight at Na Teuy. When I got there at shortly before 3 pm I decided to stay as well rather than arrive late at Nam Tha and maybe have to stay at a bad guest house.

The guest house at Na Teuy, right near the bridge, was OK at 40 000 kip. Good room, outside bathroom with good hot water. As I left next morning I saw a sign for another guest house. There are several restaurants, but nothing particularly good.

I would advice though for someone cycling the other way, from Nam Tha to Udomxai, to zip over to Na Teuy in the afternoon and thus shorten the day to Udomxai by a couple of hours. The ride is long enough as it is. There is by the way another guest house some 55 kms this side of Udomxai.